MCR album 'has no overall concept'

My Chemical Romance have claimed that their upcoming new record will be significantly different to 2006's The Black Parade.

The group, who started recording their fourth album over the summer in Los Angeles, revealed that there is no overall concept to their latest offering.

"Our original game plan was to make a very quick, very visceral record," frontman Gerard Way told Kerrang.

"To be able to let go of your game plan is really hard. There were many times where we had to really move on our feet very quickly and say, 'No, the album's taking a turn and we need to accept it, because if we fight it we'll end up with a record that doesn't make any sense'.

"Everything is taking so much longer, in a really great way. We've never been able to go through the songs like this and get things as great as we possibly can. It's always been like, 'You've got three months to record and two weeks to mix, then you're back on an airplane to go tour again!'. This time, we afforded ourselves the luxury of exploring every song."

The band reportedly worked with veteran producer Brendan O'Brien, who has previously produced for Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith.